Consumer website “Nursing Home Compare” is a website operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs, in order to provide information obtained through the government’s regular oversight of nursing home operations and quality to consumers. Under the new Health Reform statute, there will [...]

CMS has for a number of years operated a pilot program whereby 7 States (AK, ID, IL, MI, NV, MN, WI) conducted comprehensive background checks on potential direct-patient-access employees of long-term care facilities.  Both the House and Senate bills would extend this program “nationwide” – with the proviso that for it to be applicable to [...]